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Install psycopg2 on Ubuntu 20.04
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Install packages

sudo apt install build-essensial libpq-dev postgresql postgresql-contrib python3-venv python3-dev

Test

Create virtual env

mkdir /tmp/testpsycopg2
cd /tmp/testpsycopg2
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

Install psycopg2

pip install psycopg2

Troubleshooting

error: invalid command 'bdist_wheel'

pip install wheel

fatal error: libpq-fe.h: No such file or directory

sudo apt install libpq-dev

fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory

sudo apt install python3-dev

gcc: error: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc: No such file or directory

sudo apt install build-essential
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